Daily Archives: 5 April 2014

ASK FATHER: Sister goes shopping while carrying the Eucharist to the sick. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

From a reader… I work at a religious supply store and yesterday a local religious sister came in and asked to be shown our selection of pyxes. I led her to the cabinet where they are kept and indicated that … Read More

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2 Priests, 1 Sister kidnapped in Cameroon

From BBC: Priests and nun kidnapped in Cameroon Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Cameroon, Italy’s foreign ministry and media reports say.  [Lemme guess… could they be…. Mormon missionaries?  Quakers?] Gunmen ransacked … Read More

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POLL: Covering of images for 1st Passion Sunday, 5th Sunday of Lent

From this Sunday, traditionally called 1st Sunday of the Passion, it is customary to veil images in churches. What is going on where you are? This is a fine old tradition.  It has to do with deprivation of the senses … Read More

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